Larry Ellison Quotes

Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

I have always looked on my businesses not just as money-making machines, but as adventures that can, I hope, make people better off.

Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.

You do not require an invitation to make profits.

Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.

Skills make you rich, not theories.

Paul and I, we never thought that we would make much money out of the thing. We just loved writing software.

How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars

I found in direct selling companies an education system designed to draw out the rich person in you.

Perhaps my most important goal is to create a million millionaires.

Are you willing to work sixteen hours a day? Rich people are. Are you willing to work seven days a week and five up most of your weekends? Rich people are. Are you willing to sacrifice seeing your family, your friends, and give up your recreations and hobbies? Rich people are. Are you willing to risk all your time, energy and start-up capital with no guarantee of returns? Rich people are.

Anybody can wish for riches, and most people do, but only a few know that a definite plan, plus a burning desire for wealth, are the only dependable means of accumulating wealth

Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles.

Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives.

Income seldom exceeds personal development.

My father gave me a very small loan in 1975, and I built it into a company that's worth many, many billions of dollars, with some of the greatest assets in the world, and I say that only because that's the kind of thinking that America needs.

Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.

Wealth usually comes from doing what other people find insufferably boring.

To double your income, triple your investment in self-development.

Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing.

Build wealth as a by product of your business success. If wealth is your only objective in business, you will probably fail.

You can be a victim or you can be rich, but you can't be both. Listen up! Every time, and I mean every time, you blame, justify, or complain, you are slitting your financial throat.